Purple loosestrife, while beautiful, is an aggressive alien wetlands plant that has the potential to force out all other plants in a wetlands and thereby, degrade it.  This plant has established itself along a stream that flows into the Town of Round Hill and ultimately into Sleeter Lake.  If not removed, it has the potential of destroying the wetlands. The area involved is across Business Rte 7 from a riparian restoration project that the North Fork Goose Creek Project completed about five years back.  The project is scheduled for Saturday, June 21 at 9:00 a.m. and, if we don’t finish that day, we’ll wrap up on Saturday, July 12, also at 9:00 a.m. We will be removing this invasive plant by hand so please remember to bring work gloves and waders (this removal project is in and along a stream bank and wetlands) and any desired weeding tools you prefer. Anyone under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult. If you think you are interested in helping with this project please contact Joseph Villari at joeyvillari@yahoo.com or Joe Coleman at jcoleman@loudounwildlife.org or 540-554-2542.